AV woman goes Aces High’

APPLE VALLEY — It had been a while since Debra Frye had purchased lottery scratcher tickets, but at the insistence of her young son, Zachary, she bought a few and now she is $1,750 richer.

Frye won the opportunity to be on the California lottery's television show, The Big Spin, and play Aces High.

"I was screaming. I thought I was going to have a heart attack," said Frye, a resident of Apple Valley.

Contestants will either win a dollar amount ranging from $1,750 to $4,000 or get one of two ace cards. The two contestants that end up with the card advance to the second round. The objective of the second round is to get a better hand than the opponent or four of a kind. The contestant with the lower hand wins $5,000 and the contestant with the highest hand goes on to spin the wheel, for a chance to win $3 million.

Frye plans to take a Caribbean cruise with her family with her winnings.

Frye's luck continued when she returned to the studio audience and won a stack of scratchers.

"So really, I won $1,759," she laughed.

Frye said she will continue to buy scratchers and hopes to win a chance to be on The Big Spin in the future.

The show was taped on Sunday and will air Saturday at 7 p.m. on channel 9.

Beatriz E. Valenzuela can be reached at 951-6222 or at bvalenzuela@vvdailypress.com.